Josh Smith Fall-Off Was Harsh And Sudden

[Dwight Howard]

Somewhat not his fault, he shouldn’t have EVER been allowed to shoot 3’s and continued his career as PF

 

[CouldBeWorse]

Where would James harden be without him?

 

[CarltonJunior]

"Harsh"

Detroit never asked him to take all those 3s

He was actually a good piece for the Rockets though, thought he'd stick around there longer.

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Decline in athletic ability + falling in love with the 3 pointer = Hello China

 

[CouldBeWorse]

Still getting paid by the Pistons

Revisiting the decision to stretch Josh Smith

Van Gundy opted to use the stretch provision to give Smith his release. Stretching a player takes the remaining years on his contract, multiplies it by two and adds a year. So the two years and $27 million left on his deal became $5.4 million paid out annually over five years. While his contract would have come off the books on June 30th had the Pistons not stretched him, in the current configuration he’ll be making $5.4 million every year until June 30th of 2020.

 

[King Poetic]

I know the pelicans signed him for like a week..

But he made his money so hopefully at 32 he good for life

 

[feelosofer]

The problem is Josh Smith's game relied heavily on his athleticism and when startes to go he tried to be an outside shooter and while it wasn't a terrible idea in theory he should have worked on his range in stages that way he'd be a better midrange shootsr who coukd keep you honest from 3. He kinda figured that out in Houston but I am a bit surprised to see him not on an NBA team.

 

[Doobie Doo]

Why is it surprise?

Dude literally got by on Athletic ability alone.

Never worked on tangible skills just jacking up 3's

 

[NoMorePie]

Eh 'hem...

 

[ISO]

Dude was a great passer and defender

Him not being in the league has to be deeper than him “chucking up threes”. He should be in the league.

 

[MJ Truth]

Somewhat not his fault, he shouldn’t have EVER been allowed to shoot 3’s and continued his career as PF

Allowed? Once he’s on the court nobody could stop him from taking those dumb ass shots. I guarantee none of his coaches ever encouraged his shot selection.

 

[BlackMajik]

If Josh had a high BB IQ he woulda been truly amazing. But his BB IQ was too damn low smh

I remember that thread where Piston fans were making fun of Hawks fans cuz they got Josh. That shyt backfired so bad

 

[ahdsend]

 

[intruder]

Somewhat not his fault, he shouldn’t have EVER been allowed to shoot 3’s and continued his career as PF

Hawks fans used to overrate the hell out of him early in his career but he was still a very good player, tho. He was just out of control at times. He was the original Hassan Whiteside in the sense that he was a very talented player but damn near uncoachable because of his attitude.

Most coaches dont wanna have to deal with that type of headache and you cant blame them .

 

[threattonature]

Hawks fans used to overrate the hell out of him early in his career but he was still a very good player, tho. He was just out of control at times. He was the original Hassan Whiteside in the sense that he was a very talented player but damn near uncoachable because of his attitude. Most coaches dont wanna have to deal with that type of headache and you cant blame them .

Yeah he always came off as a knucklehead that never had to mature because of his talent. Wasn't it just two years ago when him and Lance was slapboxing on the sidelines during a game?